US EditionEnvironmental groups notch major legal win in Southern Oregon to protect old-growth forests
- A federal court in Oregon ruled against the BLM on Monday regarding a logging project.
- Cascadia Wildlands and others challenged the BLM's N126 plan for lacking environmental review.
- The Integrated Vegetation Management project proposed logging in late successional reserves, critical habitats.
- The court found BLM failed to adequately analyze impacts, violating the National Environmental Policy Act.
- The ruling requires BLM to address policy violations, and stakeholders have 30 days for remedy agreement.
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Environmental groups notch major legal win in Southern Oregon to protect old-growth forests
A federal judge in Medford agreed Tuesday with a previous ruling a year ago that the federal Bureau of Land Management wasn't adhering to its own resource management plan in protecting forest canopy for the northern spotted owl.
Court: N126, one of the largest Oregon logging projects in decades, needs more detailed study to safeguard environment, imperiled species - Western Environmental Law Center
In response to a challenge brought by Cascadia Wildlands and the Western Environmental Law Center, an Oregon federal district court on Monday held that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the law in authorizing the N126 Late Successional Reserve Landscape Plan Project. The parties have 30 days to agree on a remedy. The project, […]
Court Strikes Down Illegal BLM Logging in Protected Old-Growth Reserves - Oregon Wild
Contact: George Sexton, KS Wild, gs@kswild.orgNick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, nick@cascwild.orgJohn Persell, Oregon Wild, jp@oregonwild.orgMeriel Darzen, Crag Law Center, meriel@crag.org MEDFORD, OR — Medford, Ore., – Yesterday, Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “Integrated Vegetation Management” (IVM) logging program illegally authorized the destruction of old-growth forest stands located …
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